WorksheetsReview for QUIZ: Southern Cotton Kingdom & People of the Sou
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Which of the following was part of the slave codes?
hours enslaved people could work
numbers of children permitted on the plantation
permission to learn to read and write
written passes to leave the property
What did the thriving economy of the South depend on?
canals
Railroads
slavery
tobacco
What was one purpose of spirituals?
to communicate secretly
to determine how to elect a leader
to express thanks to the plantation owner
to teach children to read
Why did enslaved people need an extended family as a measure of security?
Families were often separated.
Large families could do more work.
Large families could help one another run away.
Family members spoke different languages, so they needed someone to interpret.
Enslaved people expressed their beliefs in religious folk songs called
hymns
psalms
slave codes
spirituals
In 1850 Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas were part of which region?
Deep South
Dixieland
Southeast
southern Confederation
What was one of the consequences of the cotton gin?
Deep South farmers grew more wheat
Domestic slave trade increased.
Plantations hired more tenant farmers.
Southern factories quickly developed.
What did workers with the same skills form?
Plantations
Factories
strikes
trade unions
Which feature of mill labor does the worker note in this excerpt?
the chances of promotion
the high wages
the roar of machinery
the social life of workers
In this excerpt, what does Sarah Grimké state is the “general opinion”?
that only men should hold jobs
that women are inferior workers
that women are obliged to earn a living
that women are inferior to men
